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Combined Hand and Stand Mirror.

' No. 241,512. Patented May 17,188t.

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NITED STATES LPATENT ()FFICEQ FREDERIO W. BITTER, JR., OF WASHINGTON,DISTRIOTOF COLUMBIA.

COMBINED HAND ANDSTAND MIRROR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,512, dated May 1'7,1881.

Application filed August 3, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIO W. BITTER, J r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hand and StandMirrors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

1n the drawings, Figure I is an elevation of a mirror embodying myinvention, the parts being arranged for use as a hand-glass. II is aperspective view of the same, the parts being arranged as when in usefor a standglass.

Likeletters refer to like parts wherever they occur.

The object of the present invention is twofold-first, toobtain a readyand cheap means of applying handles to mirrors 5 and, secondly, toattach the handle in such manner that the mirror may be used either as atable or stand mirror, or asa hand-mirror, at the will of the user. Theconstruction devised by me is equally applicable to picture-frames,passe-partouts, and like articles, which it is at times desirable tosuspend and at other times to stand upon a table or equivalent surface.Therefore, without other special reference to such use, except to saythat the form or shape of the partswill of course be adapted to theobject in view, which form will readily suggest itself to anyintelligent person, I include within the scope of .my invention all suchuse or application.

To the above endsmy invention consists in combining with a mirror orlike frame a springhandle pivoted thereon, so that the same may becaused to clasp the frame in the plane of its surface or in linetherewith, and bethus employed as a handle or as a suspension-link, ormay be set at any desired angle thereto, and become a foot or rest forthe support of the frame, at the will of the user.

I will now proceed to specifically describe my invention, so that othersmay apply the same.

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In the drawings, a indicates aframe, which is shown as oval, but may besquare or of any desired form, said frame to contain a glass or picture,as the case may be. This frame is drilled, as at b, to receive thepintles or pivotpoints of the handle, though other means of pivoting thehandle may be employed, if preferred, and is preferably grooved, as atc, to retain the handle or rest when the same is in line with the frame.(See Fig. I.)

d indicates the handle, preferably of Wire,

which has spring enough for the purpose, said handle bent, as at e, toconform to the outline of the frame a, and provided with pivotal pointsj", which engage with the frame a. Any equivalent means of hinging onepart upon the other may be adopted. The lower end of thishandle (Ishould be bent in a manner equivalent to what is shown at g, in order tobrace the frame when used in the'position shown in Fig. II.

Where wire or like material is used there will be sufficient spring topermit the parts 6 to free themselves from groove 0, and in order toretain the parts in position securely a slide, h, or its equivalent, isused, a slight taper being given to the handle at 'i.

For purposes of cheapness and finish,1prefer to make the frame a ofmetal, and to use for the handle (Z wire bent to the proper shape; butas material forms no,part of the present invention, it may be varied atthe will of the maker.

The construction of the device being substantially as specified, when itis desirable to use the article as a hand-mirror (or in case of apasse-partout to suspend it) the part d is brought in line with theframe, (see 'Fig. I,) I

and the slide h pushed up to hold the parts inplace.

If it is desirable to use the article as a standmirror, the slide h ispulled down to release of frame a, andsecured in such position bypushing up the slide, which will cause the spring handle or rest (I tobind on the frame 0..

The advantages of my invention are, mainly, the cheap and simple mannerin which acombined hand and table or standing mirror, or like article,may be produced.

the partd, which is then sprung out of the groove, turned at any desiredangle to the plane Having thus described my invention, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a mirror or like 5 frame, of a bifurcatedhandle adapted to inclose a portion of the frame, said handle pivoted onthe frame at two opposite points, whereby it can be arranged in theplane of the frame, or in a plane intersecting the frame, so 10 as toform a brace therefor, substantially as specified.

2. The frame a, provided with the grooves c, in combination with thebifurcated springhandle (I, pivoted on the frame a, and a slide forcausing the wire or bifurcated handle to 15 clasp the frame,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FEEDER-IO W. BITTER, JR. Witnesses:

H. B. MoUL'roN, D. P. OoWL.

